Joy Mukanyange

Joy Mukanyange is a Rwandan diplomat and activist. She has served as an ambassador to Tanzania and later to Kenya.

Life Joy Mukanyange was born in Gikongoro, Rwanda. Following attacks on the Tutsi

In 1999 she became Rwanda's Ambassador to Kenya which she held until 2002. Mukanyange was her country's permanent representative to the UNEP and UNCHS.

In 2014 she reported on the good progress that her country had made with regard to improving gender equality. This was in her role as spokesperson for a consultancy based in Kigali. Rwanda's government is made up of a 64% majority of women, although this proportion is basically reversed in the cabinet. 50% of the judiciary are women although only 30% in the Gacaca courts. 98% of Rwandan women get antenatal care and girls enrolment in schools exceeds boys and both are up - to over 95%.